Close, very close to heaven. On the holy mountain of Pektu-san - where the Korean freedom fighters set up a bastion of resistance against the Japanese - at dawn on February 16, 1942, a new sun shone on the martyred country. In a wooden hut, the Mother of Korea, Kim Jong Suk, gave birth to a child. A
On September 16, 1231, the Bavarian prince Ludwik I Wittelsbach died in Kelheim. Were the Assassins hired by Emperor Fryde behind the most mysterious murder of the German Middle Ages Sources agree:on the ill-fated morning on the bridge in the city of Kelheim, an unknown man killed Ludwig I Witt
In the Second Polish Republic, there was no penalty for drunk driving. The law was full of holes, the social consent was 100%, and the accident statistics were appalling. Drunken chauffeur, perpetrator of a terrible disaster. One killed, two seriously injured - shouted the headline of one of t
A Polish slave is taken to Spain, where he regains his freedom and under the name Mudżāhid takes over Ibiza. Such a story could have happened in the times of Bolesław the Brave. Where did the Poles on the Iberian Peninsula come from? They were among the Slavic slaves who in the Middle Ages were an
In the spring of 1940, the Soviet authorities murdered over 21,000 Polish soldiers, officers and policemen. However, there were also those who managed to survive. Nearly 400 people survived the death transports. What made it possible for them to escape death at the hands of the NKVD henchmen? R
The popular opinion was that social strikes in Poland did not start until June 1956 - previously Poles, held briefly by Stalin and Bierut, were reportedly afraid of going out into the streets. There is not much truth in that. Well, the PRL propaganda did a great job, and no one corrected it later. I
Wincenty Witos is a figure well known to everyone who is interested in the recent history of our country. But have you seen that during World War II, in the environment of Prime Minister Mikołajczyk, the idea of taking him from occupied Poland to London was born? Moreover, it was planned that he w
How many USSR leaders are you able to name from memory? Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev ... Perhaps some will add Andropov. What about Konstantin Chernenko? Even historians forget about him. Completely wrong! Chernenko became secretary general of the Communist Party of the Soviet
They were young, mobile, well-educated, and their veins ran blue blood. It would seem:ideal candidates for employees! Nothing could be more wrong. The sons and brothers of the Polish kings from the Vasa dynasty had their way across the line. As a rule, the prince was a job like no other:secure
The pre-war State Police did not give a damn. Or at least - it did not give the communists. Demonstrations of stubborn friends of the Soviet Union were dispersed, the ringleaders were arrested, and leaflets and lampoons were confiscated. Such a difficult situation forced the Polish Communist Party t
Ibiza is probably associated only with the goal of holiday travels. However, the sunny island was almost inscribed in history textbooks as the site of the incident that provoked the Third Reich to declare the republican war on Spain. And thus - probably - until the beginning of World War II already
In war, there will always be an opportunity to siphon off the states money. Especially one that doesnt spare a penny, as long as you have the right paper. The Russian officers, who during the war with Japan in 1904-1905 were deeply behind the front lines, in field hospitals, knew this very well. The
Communists, when they got down to business, always had to turn everything upside down. It is hard to find a better example than Tygodnik Powszechny. Stalin closed it so effectively from beyond the grave that the magazine ... continued to appear. Jaruzelski closed the same newspaper and even stopped
Usually, the Germans are written as those who tried hard to take Poland apart into pieces. Meanwhile, the opposite happened at least once in history. It was the Germans who saved Poland from annihilation. In the 30s of the 11th century, Poland was still a young country with weak roots and an un
In 1990 no one suspected that within two years the Czechoslovak state, whose traditions date back to the beginning of the 20th century, would disappear from the map of Europe, making way for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. What was it about? About the ambitions of two politicians and ... a dash in
Everyone makes some blunder in the company from time to time. And this will not dress properly, say something stupid or inappropriate. Most of such faux pas can be dismissed with laughter or disguised with a joke. But what if the president is making a blunder? Or the wife of a foreign minister?
All Polish neighbors to the east and west have some territorial claims against us. Or we to them. It would seem that, at least in the southeast, there has always been peace. With the exception of a minor incident in the form of the Slovak participation in the September campaign, neither we nor they
According to the popular opinion, it is not proper for men to cry. Hitler or Stalin would probably have agreed - they were not rather tearful people. But one of the members of the Big Three, in the meantime winning World War II, had tears running down his cheeks almost on every occasion. Readin
Mission:Impossible, Burnas Identity and the immortal James Bond series. The heroes of these stories are spies. Men. Around them are beautiful women, fast cars and the most modern gadgets. Exactly… women. In movies and books, their role is limited to making them look nice, and how was it really?
You do not know the language of the country you would rule? Youve never even been there? In addition, you come from a simple, clerical family, and you do not have a single drop of blue blood in your veins? Nothing is lost - you have a chance to sit on the throne anyway. There are two conditions:it m
1956 is the year that Great History re-entered the lives of ordinary people awakening enslaved minds and helping to overcome fear. Tragic in June and hopeful in October. Gloomy and sad like the fate of thousands of victims of Stalinism and colorful like jazz and the socks of the bikinis. Piotr B
On February 9, 1945, 10 Soviet prisoners of the Usedom camp escaped from captivity, kidnapping a Heinkel He 111 bomber. The group was headed by fighter pilot Mikhail Devyatayev. When taking the plane into the air, the refugees did not suspect that one of the greatest secrets of the Third Reich was o
The Republic of Poland lost not only the rank of a superpower, but even an independent country. The shameful treaty forced the Polish king to pay the Turkish sultan on a permanent basis. And it would probably have been so, had it not been for the great victory of Hetman Sobieski. The man who was abo
Gossipers have long been interested in the secrets of important people. One woman, however, broke all records in this field. Through an affair with the king, she became the target of countless rumors and the heroine of a gigantic scandal. Anyway ... maybe it wasnt a woman at all? When the Briti